Pari mutuel machine.



J. HACHMEISTER.

PARf MUTUEL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-27. 1915.

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PARI MUTUEL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED M N.27. 1915. 1,1 59,493. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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1,159,4Q30 Patented; New 9, 1915.

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JOHN HACHMEISTER, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

'PARI MUTUEL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Application'filed January 27. 1915. Serial No. 4,675.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, J OHN HACHMEISTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Covington, county of Kenton, and. State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pari Mutuel Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to registering machines adapted for the uses in racing, the type being originally introduced from France, whence it draws its name, wherein indicating devices and adding devices are combined so as, when the machine is played, to indicate the names of entrants in an event, amounts wagered on each entrant, and the total amount played on the event. The backers of a successful entrant then receive all of the money played on the race, in the proportion of the total amount played into the amount played on the successful entrant. These machinesintheir simple form, are operated by a ticket seller, who stands Within the booth of the machine, takes in the money, operates the registering devices, and sells the tickets. I

Itis the object of this invention to provide a machine 'of this character in which the arrangement is convenient for the operator, is safeguarded against error, andwhich can be conveniently locked from the judges stand after the starting of an event. These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed, wherein these and many other advantages will be gained over the devices in the art as will be pointed out from time to time aswthe specification progresses.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the machine, partly diagrammatic, Fig. 2. is a front elevation of the same on a. smaller scale, Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of part of the'ticket box, Fig. 4 isa rear elevation of a set of registering wheels,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through one of the registering jwheels, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of the actuating pawl and ratchet wheel of the same. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the pawl. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 9 is a vertical section through one of the levers on the totalizer shaft. Fig. 10 is a detail vertical'section showing the locking" -priately printed the word Total.

device for the totalizer shaft. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the device, Fig. 12 is a top plan view of the operating board taken on a. larger scale. Fig. 13 is a vertical section of the board on a larger scale. Fig. 1% is a vertical section of the key board with the covering removed on the line 1el11 of Fig. 13, and Fig. 15 is a detail top plan view of a portion of the counter system.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 the machine has a booth formed preferably of frame pieces 1, 1. These frame pieces support a table 2 having a railing 3, and above the table, at the front, a window frame 4: On the table, at the front thereof and in the window, is a box 5 for money and directly above it a rack 6 divided into compartments 7for tickets 8 (Fig. 3). These ticket compartments may be numbered if desired as each compartment has a corresponding key which operates one of the registers and the totalizer as will be described. If desired a railing 9 may be provided leading up to the window of the booth so as to properly direct the. movements of the players.

Alongside of the window and ticket dispensing portion of the machine is the register. This register, unlike those in the past, is mounted so that it may be swung inwardly to bring the indicators into the view of the'operator, and accordingly has a single side frame piece 10, hinged by hinges 11, .11 to the frame 1 of the machine. This register frame piece 10 extends laterally at 12 to support the key board, and up at 13 parallel with the operating rods of'the registering devices, where it is riveted onto the frame 14 of the indicator board. The frame 1a is secured to the upper portion of the piece 10 at ME -14.

The indicator board 15 is shown on a very small scale in Fig. 2. At the top of the board is written the amount for which tickets are sold ($2.) and the character of the play, that is Straight in the board shown, other machines being provided for Place and Show. Underneath this are located a number of apertures 16, four in number here as being proper for a two dollar machine, which apertures are to expose the indicator numerals on the face of the adding wheels provided for the total adder or register, and above these apertures is apgio- I ranged in two columns of five each, beneath the total adder indicator openings are the sets ofolike apertures 17 for the indicator numerals on the separate adders for the entries in the event of which the total is bemg made up as above It will be understood that the number of apertures in a set or the number of sets is a purely arbitrary selec-' tion on thep'art of the designer, any numher being readily possible. The face of the board must also show the name of the entrant for. wbicheach set of adders is provided, and some desired form. of clip (not shown) is mounted on the board over each set .of indicator openings for retaining in place a printed card with the entrant;

name thereon.

The inspector who passes from booth to booth during a race and the players stand 1 mg in front of the indicator board are thus provided with a. detailed display of the play on the machine from time to time, and if the operator desires to inspect the board he has L but toswing it inwardly on its hinges, to so inspect it without any inconvenience and without turning his back on his money box and ticket boxes.

.Tke registefing mechanism.-I will now proceed to describe the registering mechanism, with special reference to Figs. 4 to. 10. 1 It will be noted that the, adders for the total v or dowels 26 (Fig. 5).

and for the separate-entries are of the same type that is with the actuating ratchets of each set, arranged in staggered series so that projections oneach one of the series can be employed to actuate the next in the series once in each complete turn.- The registering ratchets 18 of the sets for the entries and the indicator dials 19 therefor are mounted for each member'onshafts 20 fiournaled in the board 15 at the outer end and in transverse strips 21 mounted on the back of the board, at theinner end. The rock shafts 22, square in cross section, for these sets, are mounted on arms 23 projecting rearwardly from the strips 21. Each shaft 20 also extends through the board'15 and is provided with ahead 24 by means of which the operator may turn the dial to zero when-de sired. For mounting the two wheels on the shaft a housing 25 is provided, fixedly mounted thereon, and the dial and ratchet are secured to the housing by means of pins The preferred, form of the dials and ratchets is to have the dial of arrangements of' tively once in each revolution, imparting to said ratchets one turn, per revolution of the actuating ratchets. To insure quiet turning of the ratchets of each member, and to, pre-' vent overthrow, pawls 29,29, are mounted above them, on the inwardly bent arms 30 afixed to the strips 21. These. pawls are kept in mesliwith the ratchet teeth by means of springs 31 secured to the arms (not shown It is now believed to be plain-that the registering members in each series are actuated from the first member, the proper turns in the tens and hundreds members imparted by means of the pins 27. The ini dicator numerals show through the front of the board and show at once to'the observer the amount registered as having been played on any one entry in the event in readiness, and the operator does not need to turn his back on the money box to see the board.

The primary members are operated by pawls 32 on the rock shafts 22 already referred to. The additional actuating ratchet 33 ismounted on the shaft 20 of said member, the-pawls are formed with square collars 34 for non-rotatably mounting them on the shafts 22- and on their under side have the spring pressed members 35 which lie in the path of the teeth of the ratchet 33. On the upper side of these pawls is an angularly extending arm 36 so arranged that when the pawl is depressed by a rocking of the shaft 22, it will abut against one of the teeth of the ratchets and thereby prevent overthrow.

For rocking the shaft 22, a series of vertical actuating'rods 37 are provided, one for each set of entry registers, and these rods are pivotally connected to arms 38 fixedly mounted on the said shafts (Fig. 8). The

rods 37 also all extend up to the shaft 39 of the totalizing register, where they are pivotally connected to arms 40 (Fig. 9) on said shaft. These arms have collars 41 to loosely engage the sh 1ft and each collar is slotted as 42. Pins 43 in the shaft are located so as to pass through the slot and to engage the collars at the lower end of the slots when the rods are in normal position. If then any rod is pulled down' to operate any individual register, the shaft 39 will be worked upwardly; all the other pins merely riding.

through the slots.

The operation and construction of the totahzing register is the same as-the individual registers and requires no special description. On each of the register shafts fingers 44 (Figs. '1 and 8) are located in such a position that when the shaft is fully rocked to make a registry, the finger ends will lie between the teeth of the free ratchets 18 and prevent overthrow. None is required between the first and second ratchet in any set because the operating ratchet of the first rods from movement, as shown in Figs. 1, 2

and 10, a slot 45 is formed in the indicator board, and on the back of the boards beneath the slot, a channel forming plate 16 is mounted. The lock operating arm 47 extends through the slot, and passes through a housing l8, containing a spring 4.9 which acts to pull the arm so as to move the look into locking position.

@311 a squared end of the shaft 39 is mounted an arm 50, that when the shaft is in normal position will rest on the top of a flange 51, of a plate 52 sliding in the channel formed by the plate 46 as above mentioned. The spring pressed arm 17 is connected to this sliding plate; and when not positively held at the far end of the slot 45 will project the plate 52 so as to ride under the an on the total register shaft.

The arm is held in such position by means of a cord or wire 53 (F ig. 2), which preferably extends across the board and is spring held at 5 It will be understood that this wire will serve as a lock actuator for a numer of boards by merely continuing it along and it will be further understood that some kind of a solenoid device as at 55 may be employed to release the locks from some central point such as the judges stand in a When a race starts the cord 53 is released, which allows the plate 52 to spring over alongside of the shaft 39. If at that moment the operator is in the act of depressing an operating rod, and the totalizer shaft is in rocked over position with the arm 50 in the position shown at A in Fig. 10, then the arm 50 will abut against the lateral extension 56 of the plate 52. Vhen this occurs the looking flange is prevented from moving under the arm 56, but the moment the shaft is returned to normal position by the raising of the operating rod, then the slots will be moved by the springs to slide the flange under the now raised arm 50. It can thus be seen that this lock, is of convenient type for preventing any cheating by the operator in registering a play aftertherace has begun, but it also permits the complete registering of the machine after the lock has been thrown in. i

The keg s and counter for controlling the atinr rods.-l\lounted in a casing 60 at base of the frame 1213 (Figs. 13 and are a series of levers 61, one for each operating rod 37. The operating rods have pivotal connection with the levers by means of arms 62, and at their upper ends are positively pulled upwardly by springs 63 (Fig. 1). The levers extend through slots in the casing 60 and have finger plates 64: on their outer ends properly numbered for the related individual entry register with which the key or lever is operatively connected.

All of the keys are mounted loosely on a common rock-shaft 65, by means of slotted collars 66, engaging stop pins 67 on the shaft. On the interior wall and neXt to the slotsfor the levers 62, are secured the racks 68 and spring pawls 69 on the levers-ride down or up the racks with the movement of the levers so as to prevent a part way movement and return of any lever as is apparent. Mounted fixedly on a common rock shaft 70, are the locking arms 71, which have the shoulders 72 formed at their upper ends.

These arms are arranged to rock in parallel planes with the lever movement and are spring held against the rollers 73 on each lever. Located on each lever is a lug 7st,

which is normally out of engagement with theshoulders 72 on the rock arms. W'hen, however,.any lever is depressed, the roller 73 thereon rides on the cam surface 7 5 of the rock arm and throws all the other arms on the common shaft into a position with their shoulders engaging the lugs 74. on the other levers. it is thus impossible to depress any other lever when one is first depressed until the depressed lever has returned to normal position.

I The counter mechanism for denoting the number of times each key is depressed is provided with a totalizer counter in the same manner as the amount registers. The slotter collar mounting of the levers has been described, and on the end of the shaft is a fixed arm 62 corresponding to the link 62, and pivotally mounted on the arm 62 is a short operating rod 37 connected up to the counter 79 in the same manner that the rods 37 are connected each to its counter as will be described. The operation of any lever works the total as in the case of the totalizing register above described.

Each operating rod is connected by means of the link 76, with the individual operating shaft 77 of a counter register 78. This counter may be of any desired type which is readily obtainable on the market, and is provided with a housing in the casing 60.

It is not thought necessary to describe the counters in detail, it being deemed sufiicient to state that the indicating numerals 79, show at the back of the board for the operator to see when playing the keys, and that they each have a pinion S0 for turning the indicator dials to Zero.

A shaft 81 common to all the counter resetting pinions, serves as a mounting for them and is operated by a knurled head 82, to turn all of the counters to Zero at one time.

It is believed that the operation of my machine is now clear. When a player purlivers the ticket, and presses the key for the proper number of the entry. This adds the amount played on the separate and grand total on the indicator board, and outside'of the booth the number of times that particular key has been depressed. The operator may then compare the number of the ticket sold With the number shown by the counters, and if he wishes to consult the board he has but to swing it inwardly so that it will be in his full view. v

. It. is not desired by reference to specific details in' the specification above, to limit the claims that follow to any particular mechanical expedient where means are claimed generally. v

- Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a booth for pari-mutuel machines, a framework comprising uprights and lateral members, a shelf for a ticket selling table mounted within said framework, a ticket sellers Window formed at one side of the framework adjacent to said shelf, an indicator board carrying proper registering mechanism, and huge members for mounting the board on an upright at the otherv side of the framework from the said window, so that the board may be swung to a position parallel with the window for display of the indications thereon, and also to a position at an angle to the window so that the operator may see the said indications.

2. In a device of the character described,a

registering mechanism, and means for locking the registering mechanism against movement, said locking means normally springpressed into locked position, means for hold-- ing the same out of locking position, and

means for controlling said holding means from without the device, and means for pre-' 7 ing means until the registering mechanism 7 is at rest.

3. In a device of the character described, having a totalizing register, an actuator for the totalizing register, an arm on said actuator, and means for holding said arm in fixed position to lock the actuator, comprising a plate spring-pressed into locking position, and means on the plate for preventing its assuming such position until the said arm is in normal position at the close of the operation, and means for retaining and releasing said plate from without the machine.

i. In a device of the character described, having a totalizing register, an actuator for the totalizing wheels, a stop on said actuator, and means for holding said stop in fixed position to lock the actuator, comprising a latch member to engage said stop at the close of any operation of the actuator, and means for throwing said latch from outside of the machine.

In a device of the character described, having registering mechanism, an actuator therefor, an arm on said actuator, and means for holding said arm in fixed position to. 

